Well, bit different days here in Russia during the last week. Preparing for shipping our car to Vancouver, Canada. Overall I would say a mix of cleaning, washing clothes and repair work. As a stone hit us on the windscreen during our last days on the road, we used the […]
Monthly Archives: September 2019
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Primorye, so far a fantastic detour on our way to Vladivostok and an absolute highlight for us in Russia! Travelling through endless forests… … heading towards the sea and then suddenly the moment is there; we are at the Pacific Ocean. So far from home this is a very special feeling […]
Leaving Khabarovsk towards Vladivostok is an unspectacular 780 kilometres drive on a main road. Or you take a detour like we did for a more detailed exploration of the Primorye region, summing up to a bit more than 1.400 kilometres. 🙂 And honestly, it was absolutely worth it! Without too […]
Leaving Chita in direction East means you have to follow a tar road through endless forests for about 2.000 kilometres till you end up in Khabarovsk in the Far East of Russia. Hard to imagine for us Europeans what that really means, but honestly there is not much more than […]
Early September in the middle of Siberia; we found a perfect campsite for the night, close to the forest and it was even warm enough to enjoy an outside shower. Okay, at least the shower was desperately needed. 🙂 However it was a wonderful late summer evening… … with an […]
There are these days were you believe that you will spent the night at a truck stop or a strange backyard as you are not able to find a great spot that meets your expectations. Well and then suddenly you find a place like this after searching for about two […]
Tajikistan, one of the highlights for us so far on this trip. A fantastic natural beauty with amazing landscapes combined with extremely friendly people. For us, if in any way possible, surely not the last time in this wonderful country. But see yourself… 🙂 And as usual, music produced by […]
Time for us to head East, Vladivostok as the destination for the first part of our journey. But first we decided to explore the region around Arshan in more detail, especially as we were keen to do some hiking and stretch our legs a bit after a lot of driving […]
After couple of days in Irkutsk it was time for us to leave the city again and start enjoying the countryside. We decided to explore the more touristy part of the Lake Baikal region and headed towards Taltsy and Listvyanka. Taltsy Museum In Taltsy you can find a nice open-air […]